Juan Ponce De León Explores Florida and the Bahama Channel
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Unknown to the indigenous people of the New World, their destiny was being determined by political and economic forces taking p...
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Don Juan Ponce De León
1460-1521
Spanish Explorer and Soldier
Juan Ponce de León was one of the leading early Spanish explorers and colonizers of the Western Hemisphere. He is best remembere...
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Juan Ponce de León
Born 1460, Tierra de Campos Palencia, Spain Died July 1521, Havana, Cuba
Juan Ponce de León was born in the village of Tierra de Campos Palencia in Spain. As a boy h...
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The Spanish conqueror and explorer Juan Ponce de León (1460-1521) conquered the island of Puerto Rico and explored the coastline of Florida, which he claimed for the Spanish crown.Juan Ponce de...
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Juan Ponce De León Explores Florida and the Bahama Channel
Juan Ponce de León
Juan Ponce de León